Jan Schakowsky

Marathon Pundit: Ex-con Robert Creamer, husband of Rep. Jan Schakowsky, guest at tonight's White House state dinner

Bill Baar's West Side (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

John notes a well-known Chicago Political name at Obama's first state dinner, Robert Creamer, the husband of my congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), attended tonight's White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Schakowsky was of course also there, but she is not a convicted felon. Hubby is. And the Southside's finest, Pat Hickey comments, I'll his first wrds to Eric Hoilder...

• Ex-con Robert Creamer, husband of Rep. Jan Schakowsky, guest at tonight's White House state dinner - Marathon Pundit

Pelosi Learns to Live With Anger on Her Left

CQ (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

When liberal Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky met last week with about 50 like-minded women in a Chicago home in the posh suburb of Highland Park, she quickly found herself explaining what’s become the most contentious legislative trade-off Nancy Pelosi has made in her three years as Speaker of the House.

So Obama has a state dinner in a tent, AND invites felons,

Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

but House Minority Leader John A. Boehner won’t be there; he’s on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, also didn’t get an invitation to the dinner. The president didn’t invite his 2008 rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even though Mr. Obama the candidate pledged a post-partisan presidency. Isn't that wonderful? But he could invite,...

• Convicted Felon Invited to Obama’s First State Dinner – GOP Leaders Don’t Make the List - Gateway Pundit

Sarah Stephens: Elections in Honduras Ought Not Be Blessed by U.S. Policymakers

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

During my last visit to Honduras, with a delegation that included Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, we met a man named Jose David Murillo. Jose's son, 19-year...

Convicted Felon Dines At The White House

Founding Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

[Via Gateway Pundit] Convicted Felon and Alynsky style community organizer, Bob Creamer, (husband of Socialist Progressive Democrat Jan Schakowsky), who was last seen training Organizers for Obama in 2007, dined with our nation’s most polished at last night’s State dinner at the White House. Bob Creamer was convicted for check fraud and tax evasion, related to his [...]

Bitching The Catholic Bishops

with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

The problem with Christian Living is 'No Bitching Allowed.' Christ washed feet and had his own nailed to wood. As I recall from Father John Gavin O.S.A. in 1969 telling us " Only Suckers Beef." That was pre-Feminist America. Catholic bishops have every right to speak their mind and preach the church's teaching. But they are engaging in outright political lobbying. Helping to write legislation...

Chicagoans at the Obama State Dinner

Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Rep. Jan Schakowsky and husband Robert Creamer at the Obama state dinner (photo by Lynn Sweet) Chicago business executive John Rogers at the Obama state dinner (photo by Lynn Sweet) Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker at the Obama state...

Holiday shoppers warned of hazardous toys

Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Illinois PIRG Director Brian Imus and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, from left, look over toys found by PIRG to pose choking hazards, having unsafe levels of lead or phthalates or excessively loud. (Michael Tercha/ Chicago Tribune) A red Elmo lunchbox and a Fisher-Price phone were among seemingly benign toys shoppers are being advised to avoid as dangerous by an advocacy group this...

Indiana Girl Hurt By Pet Monkey

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

A pet monkey (but not the one involved in this incident); Photo via Did we learn nothing from the tragedy of Charla Nash , the woman violently attacked earlier this year by a friend's pet chimp? While these two incidents are different in terms of the size of the animal involved or the severity of the injuries sustained, they both underscore a good point: primates are not meant to be pets. A 10-month...

How Mike Capuano Can Become the Next Senator from Massachusetts

democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

By David Swanson Congratulations are in order for Congressman and senate-candidate Mike Capuano of Massachusetts for openly acknowledging that Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for his crimes. Calling Dick Cheney a vampire recently helped Congressman Alan Grayson raise over 1/2 million dollars in a day. But for Capuano to light the sort of fire needed for him to win (or for Grayson to continue exciting...

Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan By Jeremy Scahill

Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

The Nation. Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan By Jeremy Scahill November 23, 2009 At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs"...

Fox Uncovers "Loophole" in O'Hare Security

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

It's about to be one of - if not the - busiest travel weeks of the year, so it must also be time for a news station to ring the alarm on holes in security at our local airports. This time Fox 32 found they were able to fly out several employees to destinations around the world without any of them having to show a government-issued photo ID. Instead, they were able to get through by showing the name...

Honduras, Act V, Day 29

Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Light posting. Tiempo doesn’t have a statement about why it was down, so I’ll assume it was software rather than goonware. I can’t get Channel 36, and Radio Globo has been dicey. Adrienne has two must read articles: A letter, transmitted by Jan Schakowsky to Barack Obama, from 300 Honduran candidates who declare the [...]

Hurtling Toward 2010, 11/17

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

The 2010 midterms are just around the corner (sort of). Here's what's happening: Vice President Joe Biden is hitting the trail for vulnerable Democratic Reps. Harry Mitchell (AV), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ), and Dina Titus (NV); New York Gov. David Paterson (D) trails Attorney General Andrew Cuomo by 59 points in his reelection race, according to Siena; there's some doubt that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison...

Rep. Judy Biggert - Will She Call for an Apology for MSNBC Abuse?

with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Rep. Judy Biggert (R.IL) walked into a Chris Matthews ambush, prodded no doubt by local nitwit Rep. Jan Schakowsky and MSNBC Stable Pony and wife of convicted felon Bob Creamer. Click my post title for offensive Matthews. He only does this with women. Judy Biggert was verbally abused by gutless loudmouth Chris Matthews concerning the usurpation of the Office of President by Eric Holder - the deft switching...